Name: _____________________________________________ A. 1882 ohms C.

1008 ohms
AC CIRCUITS Sample Problems
B. 2132 ohms D. 1885 ohms

1. Find the average current during the half cycle given 10. A series circuit has an applied voltage of v=220sin
the instantaneous maximum value of 20 amperes. (wt+30) and draws a current of i = 10sin(wt-30). What is
A. 12.73 amperes C. 14.14 amperes the average power and power factor of the circuit?
B. 20 amperes D. 10 amperes A. 1905 W, 86.6 % lagging
B. 1905 W, 78.6 % lagging
2. What is the wavelength of a carrier wave with C. 2200 W, 100 %
frequency of 100 megahertz? D. 1100 W, 50 % lagging
A. 3 m C. 7.5 m
B. 1.5 m D. 6 m 11. A coil has an impedance of 75.4 Ω when connected
a across a source of 60 Hz. The same coil yields an
3. If an ac signal has an average voltage of 18 V, what is impedance of 54.8 Ω when connected across a source
the rms voltage? having a different frequency of 30 Hz. What is the coil’s
A. 16.2 V C. 20.01 V inductance?
B. 25.38 V D. 12.73 V A. 245.7 mH C. 158.6 mH
B. 512.8 mH D. 341.7 mH
4. Two alternators A and B delivers 100 A and 150 A,
respectively to a load. If these currents are out of phase 12. A current of 2.5 A flows through a series circuit
by 30 electrical degrees, determine the total current consisting of a 100 Ω resistor and an unknown capacitor
drawn by the load. across a source of 460 V, 50 Hz. What is the value of the
A. 201.5 A C. 250 A capacitive reactance?
B. 214.4 A D. 241.8 A A. Xc = 91.86 Ω C. Xc = 154.45 Ω
B. Xc = 39.19 Ω D. Xc = 184.0 Ω
5. Each of the three coils generates an emf of 230 V.
The emf of second leads that of the first by 120 degrees 13. Two relays each with 20 ohms resistance and 0.16 H
and the third lags behind the first by the same angle. inductance are connected in series. What is the
The resultant emf across the series combination of the equivalent impedance?
coils is ___. A. 20 + j102.2 ohms
A. 0 V C. 230 V B. 20 + j95.32 ohms
B. 690 V D. None of the above C. 40 + j120.63 ohms
D. 40 + j25.32 ohms
6. An ac current given by i = 14.14 sin (wt + pi/6) has an
rms value of ___ amperes and a phase angle of ___ 14. A coil draws 1875 watts when connected to a 150 V
degrees. dc source. It consumes 3072 watts when use on a 240 V,
A. 10, 30 C. 14.14, 180 60 Hz ac source. Find the inductance of the coil.
B. 1.96, -30 D. 7.07, 210 A. 0.0255 H
B. 0.0341 H
7. The reactance offered by a capacitor to alternating C. 0.0153 H
current of frequency 50 Hz is 10 ohms. If frequency is D. 0.0240 H
increased to 100 Hz the reactance becomes ___ ohms.
A. 20 C. 5 15. A current of 10 A and a power factor of 0.8 lagging is
B. 2.5 D. 40 taken from a single phase 250 volt supply. The reactive
power of the system is
8. The rms value of the resulting current in a wire which A. 1500 vars
carries a dc current of 10 A and a sinusoidal alternating B. 2000 vars
current of peak value 20 A is C. 2500 vars
A. 14.1 A C. 17.3 A D. None of these
B. 22.4 A D. 30 A
16. The resistor of 6 ohms and unknown impedance coil
9. The following are in series R=1000 ohms, L=0.1 uH in series draws 12 A from a 120 V, 60 Hz line. If the real
and C=20,000 pF. The voltage across the circuit is 100 V, power taken from the line is 1152 watts, what is the coil
60 kHz. What is the total impedance expressed in inductance?
ohms? A. 15.9 mH
B. 10 mH
 C. 20 mH combination is connected across a 240 V AC source,
D. 1.59 mH how much is the total current?
A. 44.4 A C. 40.6 A
17. Determine the power factor angle in the series B. 42.1 A D. 39.9 A
circuit which consists of R = 25 ohms, L=0.2 H, across a
power supply of 200 V, 30 Hz. 25. A single phase inductive load takes 50 kVA at 0.60
A. 36.4 deg power factor lagging. Solve for the kVAR of a capacitor
B. 46.4 deg required to improve the power factor to 1.0.
C. 52.4 deg A. 30 kVAR C. 22.5 kVAR
D. 56.4 deg B. 20 kVAR D. 40 KVAR

18. A capacitance is connected to a 115-V, 25 Hz mains 26. A single phase induction motor is rated 5 hp, 75%
and takes 5 A. What current will it take when the power factor and 220 volts. What approximate size of
capacitance and the frequency are both doubled? capacitor is necessary to raise the power factor to about
A. 2.5 A 95%?
B. 5 A A. 3 kVAR C. 2.5 kVAR
C. 20 A B. 2 kVAR D. 3.5 kVAR
D. 10 A 27. A plant has a load of 290 kilowatt with an average
19. A series circuit consists of a 20-ohm resistance, a power factor of 70%. The owner requests you to correct
150 mH inductance and an unknown capacitance. The the power factor to reduce its power consumption. How
circuit is supplied with a voltage v = 100 sin 377t. Find much capacitor kVAR is required to increase the power
the value of capacitance at resonance. factor to 90%?
A. 42 μF A. 152.46 C. 150.34
B. 34.65 μF B. 155.39 D. 154.58
C. 47 μF
D. 72.57 μF 28. Three impedances, -j10, j10 and 10 ohms are wye-
connected. Determine the impedance of an equivalent
20. What capacitance must be placed in series with an delta.
inductance of 0.05 Henry so that at 100 Hz, the A. 12.5, j12.5, -12.5 Ω C. j8.5, -j12.5, 8
impedance becomes equal to the ohmic resistance? Ω
A. 50.7 μF B. 10, j10, -j10 Ω D. 5, j5, -j5 Ω
B. 70.7 μF
C. 35.5 μF 29. A voltage source having an internal impedance of 8
D. 87.0 μF + j6 Ω supplies power to a resistive load. What should
be load resistance for maximum power transferred to
21. If admittance Y = 0.06 – j0.08 mho, then it?
conductance G equals A. 8 Ω C. 10 Ω
A. -0.06 C. 0.08 B. 6 Ω D. √10 Ω
B. 0.06 D. -0.08
30. A load of 10,000 kVA, 80% pf lagging is connected to
22. The series circuit of R = 30 Ω & X = 4 Ω and a parallel a 13,200 volts line. How much capacitive reactive power
circuit of R’ and X’ have the same impedance and power is needed to correct the power factor to 0.97 lagging?
factor. Calculate the value of R’ and X’. A. 5,156 kVAR C. 2,547 kVAR
A. 8.33 Ω and 6.25 Ω C. 7.47 Ω and 7.51 Ω B. 3,138 kVAR D. 3, 995 kVAR
B. 2.56 Ω and, 3.83 Ω D. 5.62 Ω and 9.84 Ω

23. A feeder supplies two loads, one at 50 amperes at

Supplementary Problems: See Question Bank in AC
50% power factor, the other 150 amperes at unity
power factor. The total current supplied by the feeder is
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approximately ____.
A. 180 A C. 175 A
B. 200 A D. 150 A

24. Two impedances Z1 = 3 + j4 and Z2 = 5 – j8.66 ohms

respectively are connected in parallel. If the